Michael P. Carroll

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 824 citations indexed

About

Michael P. Carroll is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, History and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael P. Carroll has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 824 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 17 papers in History and 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Michael P. Carroll's work include Religion and Society Interactions (11 papers), Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (10 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (8 papers). Michael P. Carroll is often cited by papers focused on Religion and Society Interactions (11 papers), Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies (10 papers) and American Constitutional Law and Politics (8 papers). Michael P. Carroll collaborates with scholars based in Canada, Switzerland and United States. Michael P. Carroll's co-authors include Robert A. Orsi, Lori Campbell, Richard C. Trexler, Patricia Wittberg, Scott A. Canann, William A. Christian, John G. Laffey, Bruce Kapferer, W.E.A. van Beek and Arlene Kaplan Daniels and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and The American Historical Review.

In The Last Decade

Michael P. Carroll

63 papers receiving 589 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The Madonna of 115th Street: Faith and Community in Italian Harlem, 1880-1950

1987 149 citations Michael P. Carroll et al. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion profile →

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Author						Papers	Cites
Michael P. Carroll	420	138	107	91	88	82	824
Neil Jarman	590 1.4×	139 1.0×	61 0.6×	53 0.6×	101 1.1×	56	790
Allen Feldman	743 1.8×	276 2.0×	237 2.2×	71 0.8×	115 1.3×	38	1.1k
Jeanne Favret-Saada	328 0.8×	97 0.7×	177 1.7×	68 0.7×	42 0.5×	51	657
Monika Wohlrab-Sahr	585 1.4×	151 1.1×	39 0.4×	35 0.4×	58 0.7×	53	868
Rekha Mirchandani	347 0.8×	87 0.6×	62 0.6×	21 0.2×	40 0.5×	10	597
K. D. M. Snell	318 0.8×	83 0.6×	43 0.4×	18 0.2×	32 0.4×	42	878
Gordon Lynch	324 0.8×	53 0.4×	40 0.4×	62 0.7×	48 0.5×	44	566
Leo Spitzer	444 1.1×	108 0.8×	186 1.7×	34 0.4×	247 2.8×	105	1.1k
Linda L. Layne	246 0.6×	51 0.4×	64 0.6×	21 0.2×	70 0.8×	35	790
Alan Mobley	396 0.9×	85 0.6×	32 0.3×	41 0.5×	25 0.3×	7	595

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Carroll, Michael P.. (2021). The Cult of the Virgin Mary. Princeton University Press eBooks.

Carroll, Michael P.. (2016). “World Religions” in Introductory Sociology Textbooks. Teaching Sociology. 45(1). 28–37. 5 indexed citations

Carroll, Michael P. & Lori Campbell. (2008). Who now reads Parsons and Bales?: Casting a critical eye on the “gendered styles of caregiving” literature. Journal of Aging Studies. 22(1). 24–31. 20 indexed citations

Campbell, Lori & Michael P. Carroll. (2007). The Incomplete Revolution. Men and Masculinities. 9(4). 491–508. 114 indexed citations

Carroll, Michael P.. (2004). Give Me that Ol' Time Hormonal Religion. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 43(2). 275–278. 9 indexed citations

Carroll, Michael P.. (2002). The Debate over a Crypto-Jewish Presence in New Mexico: The Role of Ethnographic Allegory and Orientalism. Sociology of Religion. 63(1). 1–1. 2 indexed citations

Carroll, Michael P.. (2002). Were the Acadians/Cajuns (really) "devout Catholics"?. Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses. 31(3-4). 323–337.

Carroll, Michael P., et al.. (2001). Irish Pilgrimage: Holy Wells and Popular Catholic Devotion. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 30(1). 54–54. 22 indexed citations

Carroll, Michael P., et al.. (1998). An Object Oriented Approach to Geometry Defeaturing for Finite Element Meshing.. IMR. 6(2). 547–563. 28 indexed citations

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Laffey, John G., et al.. (1998). Instructions for ambulatory surgery — patient comprehension and compliance. Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971 -). 167(3). 160–163. 19 indexed citations

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Trexler, Richard C. & Michael P. Carroll. (1994). Madonnas That Maim: Popular Catholicism in Italy since the Fifteenth-Century. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 25(2). 311–311. 25 indexed citations

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Carroll, Michael P.. (1986). The Cult of the Virgin Mary. Princeton University Press eBooks. 26 indexed citations

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Carroll, Michael P.. (1986). The Cult of the Virgin Mary: Psychological Origins. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 38 indexed citations

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Carroll, Michael P., et al.. (1982). A Hybrid CAD/CAM System for Mechanical Applications. Design Automation Conference. 643–649. 1 indexed citations

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Carroll, Michael P.. (1982). Totem and Taboo, Purity and Danger ... and Fads and Fashion in the Study of Pollution Rules. 17(3-4). 271–287. 1 indexed citations

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Carroll, Michael P.. (1980). A structuralist looks at chess. Semiotica. 31(3-4). 1 indexed citations

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Carroll, Michael P.. (1980). what's in a name?. American Ethnologist. 7(1). 182–184. 1 indexed citations

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Carroll, Michael P.. (1978). One more time : Leviticus revisited. European Journal of Sociology. 19(2). 339–346. 5 indexed citations

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Carroll, Michael P.. (1977). Of Atlantis and Ancient Astronauts: A Structural Study of Two Modern Myths. The Journal of Popular Culture. 11(3). 541–550. 3 indexed citations

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Carroll, Michael P.. (1977). Putting Lévi‐Strauss, Festinger, Heider and Noah into the Same Boat or Some Social Psychological Contributions to the Structural Study of Myth*. Sociological Inquiry. 47(1). 13–23. 2 indexed citations

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